Using relative path for “Start external program” in VS.NET 2010

Question

I\'ve seen a few posts related to this topic but none with any conclusive answers...

When debugging my VS.NET 2010 app, I\'m trying to start an external program whos

Answer 1

Similar to what Yobi21 suggested, editing the project file and adding these lines to the main in the project file worked for me:

Program
$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\Path\Relative\To\CSProj\Folder
Any Required Arguments

Watch out for the properties in the .csproj.user file overriding those in your regular project file. Note: Starting with Visual Studio 2017, these properties are contained in the launchsettings.json file.

This one stumped me until I deleted the entries.